St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-29

sheep injured, and cost of suit, and also
q reasonable amount for the expenses,
loss and attorneys fees, incurred by the
defendant, which shall be collected as
cost.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That il any dog, owned or kept in vi
olation of the police jury ordinances
authorized by this act, shall injure any
person or property, the person injured
or the owner Of the property injured
shall recover against the owner or
keeper of said dog, five times the
amount of damages sustained and cost,
together with reasonable amount tor
bis attorneys fees and necessary ex-
penses, which shall be collected as cost.
SEC. 6. Be 1t further enacted, etc.,
That if any dog shall kill, MAIN or bite
any sheep or lamb the owner of the
same shall recover from the owner or
keeper of said dog. ten times the
amount Of damages sustained and cost,
together with a reasonable amount for
his necessary expenses, loss Of time and
attorneys fees, incurred by such suit,
which shall be collected as cost.
SEC. z. Be 1t further enacted, ETC.,
That whoever shall knowingly own or
keep any dog which shall have killed or
manned or bit any sheep or lamb, shall
be deemed guilty OF m:sdemeanor,
and shall upon conviction be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars, or i'm
prisoned not less than thirty days, or
both, at the discretion OF the court.
Credible information from Others, vell-
fed by oath and communicated to the
owner or keeper of said dog, and strong
circumstantial evidence, as well as the
personal experience of such owner or
keeper, shall constitute knowledge in
the sense of this section. A prosecu-
ton under this section shall not bar any
civil proceeding authorized by this act,
nor shall such civil proceeding bar said
prosecution.
SEC. 8. Re at further enacted, etc.,
That all laws and parts of laws contrary
to or inconsistent with tie provisions OF
this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Messrs. Homer Bourgeois, Paulin
Carricre, S. j. Gosselin, <. 7. Dc]ean
and James IL. McClelland, were APP
pointed committee to ascertain the
cost to drain tho marsh lying southwest
Of Michel Bihm's old place into Terance
Jeansonnes canal, with the consent OF
all parties concerned, and report.
Messrs. John Bond, VIM. McMilland,
Octave Fontenot, Lewis Perkins and
Leon johnson. were appointed a com
mittee to estimate the bridge built by
A. M. Goodwin over Bayou NezPlque,
on road from Mamouth to parish line,
and also the bridge over the gully near
the Nez-Pique bridge. and report.
The Police Jury adjourned till Tues
o"'' '"o ''''' a. A L RI; GUIDRY,
Attest: President
2. j. LErEDvnE, Clerk.
OPELoUsAs, La, Jan. 18th, 1887.
The Police Jury met pursuant to ad-
journmeut. Present: A. Gnidry, Pres
ident A. Perrodin, ID. Z. Salzan, " {.
Gordon, Z. Dubuisson, and Sam'l Haas.
The following budget for the year
1887. was adopted. Mr. Young OBJ
jecting:
AN ORDINANCE. !
On motion of Mr.. Dubuiss0n, it was
ordained that the SUM of 1874 100, Thirty
four Thousand One Hundred Dollars
be, and the same is hereby assessed and
levied as the amount of taxes to be col
lected for the services and expenses
for the current year Of 1887, and that |
the same be appropriated as follows:
PAY of Officers and Members. 100000 !
.: Public Printer $4,000 /
Magistrates and CouStabicS.-- 3,TO000 |
:. District Attorney .-..-.- 60000 !
Sheriff s Criminal SalarY.-.-. 1,50G0 90 !
Sheriff = Jail Salary --.-.. 100000 /
District Court Witnesses 100000 |
Grand and Petit Jurors 1890. 10000 |
Internal improvements .-...---.-.. Il $50 90 |
Existing Debt 100000 |
M Sfa uIY, n1WitnpSS tpTtitif-atp 900 Wl |